Ten-session Business Skills Bootcamp for Start-ups & SMEs
90-100% Funded Lifestyle Business Fundamental Skills Bootcamps for Start-ups & SMEs
Community CVS have secured funding to provide 30 places for a new Enterprise Skills Bootcamp for Start-ups & SMEs, a heavily subsidised (government funded) business skills development programme starting on Tuesday 12th January 2027.
This 14-session programme is tailored for aspiring and current managers across Lancashire’s thriving creative sector. The programme offers high impact training every Tuesday and Thursday, from 9:30am to 3:00pm, at Community CVS’s accessible accredited training centre at the Boulevard Centre, Railway Road, Blackburn. (Course breaks for half term)
Who is it for?
This programme is ideal for either pre-starts, early stage entrepreneurs and SMEs with an aspiration to grow. Learners will gain enterprise skills, confidence, and learn practical tools to start and grow their business.
Course Content Includes:
- How to take your business from an Idea to Reality
- Market Research, Securing Contracts & Commissions
- Create a High Impact Social Media Marketing Strategy
- Building a Realistic Business Plan with SMART Goals
- Understand Financial Planning & Legal Structures
- How to Win & Retain Customers with USPs
- Getting Ahead with Artificial Intelligence – How AI supports business growth
Learners have the opportunity to complete an additional optional CMI qualification at no extra cost alongside the Skills Bootcamp.
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Cost and Funding:
- £360 for SME employers (90% funded)
- £750 for non-SMEs (approx. 80% funded)
- Fully funded for independent learners that can evidence their SMART action plan (the course will help with this) and secure a significant new opportunity before the course ends.
Eligibility:
- Learners must be 19+
- Must be based in Lancashire
- Must be ready to start or have already started a business and commit to full attendance whilst providing evidence of securing a new contract or significant opportunity before the end of bootcamp.
Progression Evidence Required:
To support the funding, learners will produce a SMART action plan to demonstrate their vision for business growth. They will actively pursue new contracts and opportunities during the programme and will be required to provide evidence of their achievements. We’ll keep in touch and support each entrepreneur with one-to-one business advice throughout the programme.
Want to Know More? Get in Touch Now:
Places are limited so to express interest or secure your place, please get in touch: –
Dates for Wave 7, Cohort 2:
- Tuesday 12th January
- Thursday 14th January
- Tuesday 19th January
- Thursday 21st January
- Tuesday 26th January
- Thursday 28th January
- Tuesday 2nd February
- Thursday 4th February
- Tuesday 9th February
- Thursday 11th February
- Tuesday 23rd February
- Thursday 25th February
- Tuesday 2nd March
- Thursday 4th March
Last update: Sunday 4th October 2026